Title+I

=Title 1 Teachers: = =Mrs. Cowher = =Ms. Ault = __**What is Title I? **__

Title I is the largest federal assistance program for our nation's schools. The goal is to provide a high quality education for every child. The program provides extra help to students who need it the most. Districts receive Title I funds from the Federal Government through the Pennsylvania Department of Education and distribute the funds to schools based on the number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch. However, free and reduced lunch eligibility is ONLY used to distribute funds. Students are selected to receive Title I services based on academic needs. __**Title I at Laurel Elementary **__ ﻿Our district's Title I remediation program is supplemental reading instruction for those students in grades K-2 who need extra academic support. Student eligibility for Title I remediation support is based on grade level eligibility criteria, which is explained in the section below titled "Who is Eligible for Title I services?" The remediation support does not replace the grade level reading curriculum that occurs in the regular classroom. Instead, students who participate in Title I services receive additional educational opportunities to strengthen students' reading skills. During Title I time, the focus is addressing reading skills that are not fully developed. The Title I teachers see students every day for approximately 30-40 minutes. __**Who is Eligible for Title I Services? **__ ﻿ ﻿ Title I eligibility is determined by student performance results on the following assessments used by Laurel Elementary School:

AIMs Literacy/Math (K-2) Oral/Written Retelling (2nd Grade) Letter/Sound Identification (Kindergarten)

Other eligibility factors:

Kindergarten Screening Teacher Recommendation

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">After each assessment, the Title I teachers review each student's assessment to determine the student's strengths, weaknesses, and Title I eligibility. The Title teachers have established eligibility criteria for each grade. Based on assessment data, criteria, and teacher referrals, students may be eligible to receive Title I support.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">What is AmeriCorps? __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">AmeriCorps is a national group of dedicated people who are willing to serve their community in the areas of public safety, human needs, education, and environment. Each one of our AmeriCorps staff is a certified teacher and is highly qualified for the job. Our AmeriCorps staff provides various types of services, including team-teaching, in-class support, rotating groups, and individual tutorial support.

=**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">T1 Parents: **= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Pennsylvania Department of Education formed the Title I State Parent Advisory Council (SPAC) in 1990 to act as an advisory board to provide input and advice to the Division of Federal Programs on how to better meet the needs of Title I parents across the state. SPAC includes parents of children participating in Title I and serves as the collective voice of Title I parents across the Commonwealth. []

Free Parent Resources

Laurel Digital Parent Resouce Library Parent Library

Activities to Help Your Child Succeed in School: __ Reading Websites __ [|www.starfall.com]: This is a __great__ website for kindergarten through 2nd grade. Many teachers at the elementary use it with their students.

[|http://janbrett.com]: 3,683 pages of free activities, coloring pages, and projects by Jan Brett, children’s author and illustrator.

**[|www][|.][|abcya.com]** Free kids educational computer games and activities for grades K-5.

[] (scroll down to the ‘Games to Make’ section): sight word games to make and play with your child.

[] Clifford The Big Red Dog: Interactive Storybooks! Phonics fun, games, and stories for early readers

[] A variety of online activities for short vowel practice.

[] Interactive rhyming game from Scholastic.

[] Read Wite Think:: Match beginning letter sounds, short vowel sounds, and long vowel sounds.

[] Alphabet and sight words games you can make at home.

[] Rhyming word concentration game.

[] Match the contraction game.

[] Make a compound word game.

[] 20 Letter naming flunecy/recognition game websites. Click to see the Title 1 Open House PowerPoint

[]# Literacy Center.net Practice letters, numbers, shapes, and colors.